Folding coin purse and method of making same

ABSTRACT

The method of making a folding coin purse involves forming a first pocket and a second pocket on a layer of rectangular material. A peripheral border is biased into an upstanding position. The peripheral border frames an access opening between the first pocket and the second pocket. A second half of the body folds over a first half of the body to close the access opening.

This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 11/939,259 filed on Nov. 13, 2007 which is acontinuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/131,172filed on May 17, 2005 which is a continuation of U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 10/761,506 filed on Jan. 21, 2004.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a folding coin purse, which can beaccommodated in a pocket, and a method of making the same. The newlyadded feature relates to a springy plastic stiffener with coveredcorners so that the purse does not catch on clothing pocket.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

U.S. Pat. No. 2,368,687 (Stanley 1945) is an example of a folding coinpurse. The Stanley coin purse consists of an inner flat layer and anouter flat layer of material peripherally stitched to each other. Anopen access window is provided in one half of the inner flat layer,leaving a loose narrow peripheral margin. The open access window allowsthe user to view coins within the coin purse and it has a tab to pull upwith another hand to lift the end wall up when shuffling coins. Theperipheral margin confines the coins. The coin purse folds in half, overthe access window, to assume a closed position.

Japanese Patent application 2000357237 (Kojima 2000) similarly disclosesa folding coin purse with an inner layer and an outer layer. The innerlayer has two “U” shaped peripheral margins arranged in an end to endrelation, with a transparent material closing in the “U” shape of onehalf to form a transparent pocket. There is a gap between the “U” shapedperipheral margins, which facilitates the coin purse folding in half.The Kojima 2000 patent mentions fixed walls, which means that they arenot collapsible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention discloses several alternative constructions for afolding coin purse with collapsible walls, which can be mostly made ofupholstery materials, reinforced vinyl, leather or cloth.

According to the present invention, two methods of making a folding coinpurse with four collapsible walls are provided. In the followingdescription, when the material is said to be curled or folded, thisindicates that the material is curved up and over once. The coin pursecan be made by a first method which involves providing a layer ofpliable rectangular material having a first end peripheral edge, asecond end peripheral edge, a first side peripheral edge and a secondside peripheral edge. A second step involves folding the first endperipheral edge over and securing it to the first side peripheral edgeand the second side peripheral edge to form a first pocket with leavingwide side seams. A third step involves folding the second end peripheraledge over and securing it to the first side peripheral edge and thesecond side peripheral edge to form a second pocket but also leavingwide side seams. A fourth step involves turning both of the first pocketand the second pocket inside out. This forms a body with a first insideout pocket as a first pocket or end wall, a second inside out pocket asa second end wall and the two peripheral side walls, which are createdby the wide pocket side seams of the two inverted pockets thus makingthe four walls necessary for the purse. A fifth step involves folding asecond half of the body over a first half of the body to close theaccess opening to the purse.

According to the prior art, an inner layer and an outer layer weresecured together about a peripheral edge. This maintains the peripheralborder in a relatively flat orientation. With the folding coin purseaccording to the present invention, as described above, the peripheralborder is biased into an upstanding position by the turning of the firstpocket and the second pocket inside out. This results in a much fullerperipheral border which is better adapted to confine the coins withinthe purse. The border is so much superior to the prior art so thatgenerally one-handed operation of the coin purse is made possible.

According to the present invention, a second method of making a foldingcoin purse with four collapsible walls is also provided. With thismethod, a first step involves providing a layer of pliable rectangularmaterial having its corners cut out. A second step involves curling overeach of the first end peripheral edge, the second end peripheral edge,the first side peripheral edge, the second side peripheral edge. Thefirst end peripheral edge is secured to both of the first sideperipheral edge and the second side peripheral edge. The second endperipheral edge is secured to both of the first side peripheral edge andthe second side peripheral edge. This forms a body with four peripheralwalls having a first end wall, a second end wall and two side wallswhich together frame an access opening. A third step involves folding asecond half of the body over a first half of the body to close theaccess opening of the purse.

A functioning folding coin purse can be obtained by following either ofthe two methods described above. A purse can also be made by eithermethod on the first half of a purse and either method on the second halfof the purse. Whether made by the first method or the second method, ofa combination of both methods, additional features, as will behereinafter further described, can be added to further improveperformance of the purse.

The first half of the purse, made by the first method, may have a largerpocket by having a rectangular piece of material with a cut out windowcovered by a mesh or a transparent flexible plastic material sewn aroundit, so that when the first end is folded over with the transparency tomake a larger pocket and a second smaller pocket folded on opposite endfor end wall, the pockets are sewn on both sides with leaving wideseams, since the width of seams determine the size of the side wallsbetween the two pockets, when pockets are inverted. It is to beappreciated that a larger coin pocket is achieved with a transparency onfirst end, a smaller pocket as end wall on second end, and the two sidewalls between the two pockets, also the opening of both pockets, thesides may be secured to the side walls. If the transparent coin pocketis made farther from mid purse fold line, this allows the pocket to takeand receive coins easier from a shallower coin pocket and provides moreopen access space for retrieving coins from a remainder of the pursesince the purse can fold either before or after the mid purse fold line.There may be a springy plastic stiffener with curved corners in secondend wall to keep purse corners curved to avoid catching on clothingpocket. If desired, the second half of the purse may instead be made bythe second method having either one or two stiffeners on second end wallto have purse walls go upright.

The first pocket may be made by either the first method or the secondmethod if transparent material is sewn to purse first end wall and sidewalls by a shoe makers sewing machine. Or a flat U-shaped plasticinsert, with a springy transparent plastic hinged to the mid section ofthe U-shape plastic insert and may be called U-shape—maybe secured tothe first end wall and side walls on the first half purse with anindustrial shoe makers sewing machine. The transparent plastic material,if moved upward through U-shape sides, can be held so as not to go uptoo high by securing it with a string(s) to the U-shape, or have a notchmade on transparent plastic side or to inner U-shape side(s). If desiredthe transparent plastic may have a flexible plastic on its end so as notto scruff the purse closing cover. There may also be a more durablehinge piece secured to the mid U-shape and to the transparent plasticalso. If purse is not over loaded with coins being that transparentplastic can move upward to take coins, it can be made closer to the midpurse fold line allowing to use the purse without engaging fasteners, ifdesired, being that purse has plastic stiffeners secured in side wallsnear mid purse fold line in second half of the purse. There can bestrips of plastic secured to purse bottom if transparent plastic scrubson purse bottom when moved upward although that also helps to holdtransparent plastic upward.

Flat or curved plastic stiffeners, secured to the side walls of thesecond half purse, restrain the coins when the purse is closed end wise.If the stiffeners are secured to width of the purse fold line purse willtypically not widen, if secured past the fold line purse will widen, andthe same applies to softer plastic U-shape sides. The side wallstiffeners also keep the side walls curved over down flat when presseddown by the second end wall stiffener.

When walls in second half purse are to move upright, the end wall overside walls are sewn together through the purse sides spaced some fromthe corners, then at second end wall, a springy rectangular plasticstiffener being the width of purse at its curved upward corners onlywhich is to have purse corners curved upward also, to avoid catching onclothing pocket, it's held to purse between the stitching through pursesides and the corners. Then two other being somewhat similar rectangularplastic stiffeners in width, the lower stiffener has its corner cut offto pass by the sewing through purse sides which are spaced some from thecorners, and it also gives some room for purse corners to be curved andside walls with their stiffeners moving to the end of second end wall:the top rectangular stiffener may start just above the sewing throughthe purse sides and both stiffeners are secured together at their mid,the top stiffener stays on top of the side walls and the lower stiffenerstays under the side wall stiffeners, they are secured to second endwall at mid also, the top stiffener may be curved upward some near midthen curved downward if needed so that the side wall edges withstiffeners move freely back and forth between the two plastic stiffenerseach time the walls go upright and down. When second end wall is movedupright the side walls with stiffeners go upright also, if needed due tosome materials a notch may be made by making a cut on top of side wallstiffener and curving one side of cut inward to keep the end wallstiffener upright at the notch, when end wall is pushed off the notchside walls also go down flat for closing the purse. The stiffener withcurved corners makes the end wall more rigid when upright and pushingcoins do not put it down. This avoids having a notch on side wallstiffener. This purse works because the purse walls are straight—notcurved or rounded—and also because the side wall edges go back and forthbetween two stiffeners in the end wall. A string or thread is securedfrom end wall to the side wall to prevent the end wall from moving overupright too far.

When the second end wall is over side walls and are sewn togetherthrough the purse sides spaced some from the corners, the end wall mayhave only one springy plastic stiffener with curved upward corners tokeep the purse corners curved to avoid catching on clothing pockets.Springy plastic flat or curved stiffeners are secured to side wallsextending from near mid purse fold line to some past a cut on side wallswhich is near the stitching through purse sides, when taking coins andthe side walls are pushed wider with fingers, this makes the end wallstiffener drop some between side walls, then side walls are held towidth of end wall stiffener, if the end wall stiffener is made wider,the side walls can go upright or some over upright, this purse should betrouble free in different climate conditions. The end wall stiffener,may be curved upward some and secured to end wall. Before closing thispurse endwise the end wall is kept open and is moved downward till theside walls collapse inward, then end wall with stiffener is closed overthe side walls to close the purse.

When the end wall is over side walls and they are secured togetherthrough the walls of purse the side wall stiffeners may be sewn to sidewalls to some before end wall. The stiffeners are cut angled to a pointin which their top ends are curved inward so end wall stiffener pushesthem down flat with sidewalls to close the purse. Also stiffeners weresewn to side walls that go into the second end wall. The improvement forthose purses is having a springy plastic stiffener with curved cornerssecured to end wall so purse corners do not catch on clothing pocket.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features of the invention will become more apparent fromthe following description in which reference is made to the appendeddrawings, the drawings are for the purpose of illustration only and arenot intended to in any way limit the scope of the invention to theparticular embodiment or embodiments shown, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a partially constructed purse showing the position at whichthe side wall stiffeners are secured and also showing the shape of theopposite two second end wall stiffeners which hold the walls upright, astiffener with curved corners may be secured to the purse bottom, ifneeded, and hold the opposite purse corners closer together when thepurse is closed;

FIG. 1A shows the upper half in the drawing having the side walls cutabout halfway near the stitching through purse sides, stiffeners aresecured to side walls and when side walls are spread wider, the end wallstiffener drops some and side walls are held to the width of end wallstiffener which has its corners curved also. So if end wall stiffenersides are narrower, as shown, the side walls will not go upright unlessend wall stiffener is made wider, the end wall stiffener has curvedcorners for both types of purses so that the purse corners are curved soas not to catch on clothing, such as a pocket;

FIG. 2 is another embodiment of a top plan view of the constructed pursehaving a U-shaped insert with a springy transparent plastic, hinged tothe mid section of the U-shaped, which is secured to the first end walland the side walls on the first half of the purse;

FIG. 2A is a top plan view of the constructed purse with only onespringy plastic stiffener with curved corners secured to the second endwall, if the top of end wall stiffener is curved upward it holds coinsbetter,

FIG. 3A, for a first half purse, is a view of transparent plastic hingedto the U shape mid section and acts as a hinge, the rest of thetransparent plastic bends when pushed up through the U shaped sides whenthis is turned up side down, it also allows sewing of the side walls andend wall to the U shape and provides adequate access to place andretrieve coins from the purse;

FIG. 3B is a view of another mainly spring type transparent plasticusing an extra hinge piece, sewn to the U shape mid section and to thetransparent plastic, which also has some flexible plastic so as not toscruff the closing cover and, if needed, there may also be a strip ofthe same transparent plastic secured under the hinge to better hold itin an upper position;

FIG. 3C is a further view of mainly springy type transparent plasticwhich is put into first end wall to make a purse with a thin material,having a T-shaped stiffener and side wall stiffeners on a second halfpurse and there may also be a narrow plastic strip up right in the endwall to keep it from warping;

FIG. 3D are strips of plastic for sewing to the transparent material andthen sewn to purse walls, if required;

FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic view of a T-shaped plastic stiffener used forthe second half purse in FIG. 3C;

FIG. 5 is a side view of an un-collapsed purse;

FIG. 6 is side view of the purse un-collapsed;

FIG. 7 is top plan view of the purse in a closed position;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of a layer of material on a first end having acutout window replaced with transparent material and showing fold lines,prior to folding, for the first method;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the layer of material illustrated in FIG. 8with folds being made to fold over a first end peripheral edge to form afirst larger pocket with wide side seems and a second end peripheraledge to form a second pocket with wide side seems, and the width of theseams determine the size of the side walls for purse;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the layer of material illustrated in FIGS.8 and 9, once the first pocket and the second pocket are turned insideout so that they form the peripheral side walls made by both pocket sideseams, the second half purse may be made by the second method instead,if walls are desired to stand or rise higher;

FIG. 11 is a side elevation view of the coin purse, illustrated in FIG.10, in an open orientation and un-collapsed;

FIG. 12 is a side elevation view of the coin purse, illustrated in FIG.10, in a closed orientation; and

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the coin purse illustrated in FIG. 12.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIG. 1 is a partial construction of a purse, produced by the secondmethod, having a rectangular piece of material 11 with its corners 19cut off so that the folded side walls 22 are under the folded end walls14 and 16, as with the purse in FIG. 2, which are secured together 25through the purse sides spaced some from the corners for the second endwall and sewn 31 for the first end wall. The fasteners 26 and 28 may besewn to end walls 14 and 16 on the outer side of material to be as inFIG. 2 purse, the side wall stiffeners 43 in second half purse 34 holdthe coins when purse is closed, they also hold the purse material sidewalls 22 to be curved over down flat for closing purse and they alsohelp to hold coins when using purse without engaging fasteners, usuallywhen opening of coin panel 21 is made closer to a mid purse fold line33, they are secured inside side walls from near mid purse fold line 33and extend into end of end wall 16, stiffener 43 narrowed ends are topass by the stitching through purse and should be smooth being securedto the side walls along or in spots shown in FIG. 1 and purse walls aresecured together by sowing 25 through purse sides near the corners shownin FIG. 2 if purse walls are to go upright. A good springy plastic,suitable for the side wall stiffener 43, is when it bends well overcoins but stays straight when purse is opened again. If the side wallstiffeners 43 are secured to the side wall fold line 47 the purse shouldnot widen unless the material stretches, but if they are secured pastthe fold line 47, as shown, the lower stiffener in the drawing FIG. 1the purse will become wider at mid then on the purse end and the same iswith U-shape sides if softer plastic is used. The side wall stiffeners43 are narrowed in one end so side wall edges 18 and 20 are notobstructed to move back and forth in end wall by the purse curvedcorners nor the sewing through purse spaced some from purse corners.

A springy plastic stiffener 72 for second end wall 16 in FIG. 1 mayextend the width of purse at its curved corners only, its held at pursebottom between the stitching through purse sides 25 and the cornersshown in FIG. 2, the second end wall is made larger since when it isopen upright with stiffeners 72 and 49 the end wall 16 bottom is lowerthen purse bottom is, which also makes end wall 16 lower above pursebottom, this way the coins pushed higher on stiffener 72 to avoid endwall 16 from closing so that a notch 67 on side wall stiffeners 43 canbe eliminated to hold the end walls upright. If it is necessary so coinspush higher on end wall 16 when stiffener 72 is made low and secured tomid to near wall fold line 16 some moving coins get held under stiffener72 and the rest of the coins go over pushing higher on end wall 16having it upright. Another way is to have stiffener 72 be over half ashigh as stiffener 49 and they are secured together through purse mid end16 shown in two strokes where fastener 28 is in FIG. 2. This seems tomake the purse more rigid and end wall stays up. Also 72 stiffenerpoints to the line of angle its corners are curved which is about 45degrees or as needed to have the purse corners curved so purse does notcatch but slide out of clothing pocket 72 corner ends can also be curvedsome after purse is made.

FIG. 1 shows two plastics stiffeners which may be about the same inwidth, 49 in solid line has its corners cut out to by pass the sewingthrough purse sides and to allow purse corners to be curved, and 64 isrectangular shown in a partly dashed line are secured together at theirmid so their ends can spread apart easier and also so side wall edges 18and 20 with stiffeners 43 are smooth to move back and forth freelybetween the two stiffeners 49 and 64, plastic 64 is rectangular and isput on top of side walls and plastic 49 is put under the side wallstiffeners 43 and may be sewn by the second end wall fold line 16 shownin FIG. 1 which is the width of purse if using like milk jug plastic, orplastic 49 which stays up higher then side wall stiffener 43 may bereinforced partly with a springy plastic or just have a springy plastic.Both plastics 49 and 64 are also secured at mid to end wall 16, the topplastic 64 may help to be curved downward at ends some from mid so thatsmooth side walls 22 with stiffener 43 move back and forth freelybetween the two plastics 49 and 64.

To assure that purse works due to certain materials in hot weather theremay be a notch 67 if needed, by making a cut(s) on top side of side wallstiffener 43 where one side of cut is curved inwards a bit so thatsecond end wall plastic stiffener 49 can be held at the notch. Whenstiffener 49 is pushed off the notch, side walls 22 also with theirplastic stiffeners 43 go down flat at the same time to close the purse,to avoid end wall going over upright too far it may be held by a stringat B stiffener 49 and to side wall stiffener 43 at A shown in FIG. 1when in FIG. 2 purse.

The second end wall 16 with side walls can go upright and collapse sincethey are straight not curved and also because the side walls edges 18and 20 with stiffeners 43 can move back and forth between two stiffener49 and 64 in the second end wall.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 2A describe the upper half of second half purse here,the second end wall over sides walls are secured together by sewing 25through purse sides spaced from the corners shown in FIG. 2A, purseincludes only one springy plastic stiffener 72 in second half purse 34secured to end wall 16 with curved upward corners to keep purse cornerscurved to avoid catching on clothing pocket, an open view ofconstruction is shown in upper portion of drawing in FIG. 1A, whichshows the shape of springy plastic stiffener 72 by a thicker line whichwould have curved shape cuts on both sides of stiffener 72 so not tointerfere with stitching 25 through purse sides seen in FIG. 2A. In FIG.1A the dashed line 72 shows the angle the corners are curved forstiffener 72 to both sides about 45 degrees. The side walls go uprightor more if 72 is made the width of purse being the side walls 22 are cut42 about halfway only should the cut get longer than desired it can bereinforced or use a stronger material, and the side wall flat or curvedstiffeners 43 may be a bit longer, shown in FIG. 1A, and sewn to the endof the cut sidewalls 22. When the side walls are spread apart to takecoins the end wall with stiffener drop down some holding the side wallsto the width of stiffener 72, in FIG. 1A it shows stiffener 72 beingnarrower than purse, this would not lift side walls much so stiffener 72should be made wider, since end wall stiffener 72 sits low also its endwall could be curved upward to hold coins. Purse is closed by firstkeeping the end wall open and moving it downward while holding it withthe other hand to width of purse so side walls 22 collapse inward, thenthe end wall 16 with stiffener 72 is closed on top of side walls 22 toclose the purse.

FIG. 2A, when end wall is sewn 35 over side walls of purse, the openview construction is shown in lower portion of drawing in FIG. 1A, aspringy plastic stiffener 72 is shown in a thicker line secured tosecond end wall 16 with curved corners to keep purse corners curved,showing the line of curve in dashed lines 72 about 45 degrees. In thistype of purse the side wall stiffeners 43 are not sewn to side wall inend wall, their top pointed ends are curved inward so that when end wallwith stiffener 72 pushes on them the stiffeners 43 will curve inwarddown flat with side walls to close the purse. The top of stiffeners 72when secured to second end wall may be curved some outward but lower endis straight as it is better to take coins, this applies to most pursessecuring one stiffener 72 to second end wall. Also the earlier purseshad the side wall stiffeners 43 sewn to side walls 22 extending intosecond end wall, the improvement now for them is that stiffener 72 keepstheir corners curved to avoid catching in clothing pockets.

The first half purse 32 may be made by either method if by second methoda mesh secured to first end wall 14 and to side walls 22 by anindustrial shoe makers sewing machine if no moving parts are desired, orhave a U-shape insert with transparent plastic hinged at its mid asshown in FIG. 3. In FIG. 3A a thinner springy transparent plastic 38which is better for hinging, it may have two cuts 66 for securing 25hinging to mid section of U-shape, it is turned up side under when putin first half purse 34 in FIG. 2, the U-shape insert sides may be sewn25 or 51 to purse side walls 22 and the U-shape mid may be sewn to firstend wall 14 across the end wall with a shoe maker sewing machine or asmay be needed. There may also be a plastic 70 secured to purse bottom ifand where transparent plastic may scrub on purse bottom.

FIG. 3B may have a thinner springy transparent plastic 38 and anypercentage of that may be flexible transparent plastic 68 as is for allspringy transparent plastics here as not to scruff the closing coverwhen purse is full of coins, also a piece of the same plastic 38 shownin dashed line is secured across hinging 41, to make double transparency38 if desired, which keeps transparent plastic 38 upright only somebetter, or a string may be used. A more durable hinge piece 41 being ofleather or upholstery may be used and sewn 25 to mid section of U-shape61, then it is sewn through the transparent plastic 38 and leather hinge41 shown in three strokes near mid section of U-shape. There may also beas shown in FIG. 3A strings 65 attached between U-shape and thetransparent plastic so it does not go up too high. The U-shape insert isturned up side under and its sides are secured 51 and 25 to first halfpurse 32 to side walls 22 in FIG. 2 purse, and secured to first end wall14 as shows best with the material used, if transparent plastic coversmid U-shape it may be secured through hinge and transparent plastic 38shown in three strokes in FIG. 2.

FIG. 3C is a purse which can be made with thin materials, the two endwalls and side walls may be made either by the first or second method,the springy transparent plastic is placed to the very end of first endwall 14 which extends to near mid purse fold line 33 and is secured tothe side walls 25 as shown in FIG. 2 on first half purse 32. A stiffenershaped as a T with its top 52 as shown in FIG. 4 being inserted to theend of the second end wall and is secured along stem 54 only, whichextends to some before mid purse fold line, there may also be a thinplastic stiffener in end wall if needed and two plastic stiffeners 43 inside wall 22 secured from near mid purse fold line 33 to within secondend wall 16 in second half purse 34.

FIG. 3D is a strip of plastic 63 where transparent material may be sewn25 along one side of plastic strip and sewn 25 along or in parts onother side of plastic 63 to walls of purse.

FIG. 4 is a “T” shaped stiffener used in FIG. 3C purse with thinmaterial.

FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic side view of the purse shown in an openposition to facilitate assessing the purse.

FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic side view of a purse shown in a folded, closedposition.

FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic top view of the purse of FIG. 6 shown in thefolded, closed position.

FIG. 8 is the first method of the purse showing a cut out window, formedin a first end of a rectangular piece of material 11 and a perimeter ofa transparent flexible plastic or a mesh material 27 is sown 36 to thepiece of material 11 around the cut out window. In this Figure, a pairof fold lines 15, 17 are shown and a first fold line 15 is located forforming a larger transparent pocket 21 with transparency while thesecond fold line 17 is located for forming a small pocket 23 for endwall 23. As with the previous embodiments, a pair of opposed side wallstiffeners 43 with their ends cut to an angle so that the side walls cango higher, may be sewn on the second side of the mid purse fold line 33,and a pair of mating fasteners 26 and 28 can be sewn on the outer sideof material which is underneath beside the fold lines 15 and 17.

As shown in FIG. 9, a first section of the rectangular material 11 isturned or folded over along fold line 15 to form the larger pocket 21while a second section of the rectangular material 11 is turned orfolded over along fold line 17 to form the smaller pocket 23 and bothpockets 21 and 23 are sewn 36 with leaving wide seams 37 on their sides,which is important since the width of the seam determines the size ofside walls wanted for purse if small pocket end wall 23 end 40 is movedoutward from point 39 to sewing line 36 and sewn that way, the end ofend wall 40 will stick out some which can be cut off, but this makes endwall end 40 narrower than purse body is and will not catch on clothingpocket if both sides are sewn that way. When the pockets 21 and 23 areturned in side out the result is a FIG. 10 purse having a transparentcoin pocket, end wall, and two side walls.

FIG. 10 shows a larger pocket 21 with the mesh 27 forming a coin panel21 a on first half purse 32, the opening of the coin panel sides may besewn 36 to the side walls 22 and the end wall 23 a sides are good as issince the end wall ends 40 are narrower than the purse body is, the endwall 23A has a stiffener 72 above the side walls some, it is the widthof the end wall 23A at its curved corners and the rest may be somenarrower than the end wall, it may be emerged from the end wall only ifdesired, the corners curve and as shown in dashed lines 72 being about45 degrees. If the small pocket 23A is made less deep, then springyplastic stiffener can stay up higher. Fasteners 26 and 28 are sewn onopposite ends of the purse, stiffeners 43 may be sewn to the width ofthe purse inside side walls 22, end wall 23 a is on second half purse 34where by there is an opened access 24 to shuffle and facilitate takingcoins. The end wall may have stiffeners 72 as shown and explained withreference to FIGS. 1A and 2A.

FIG. 11 is a diagrammatic side view of the purse of FIG. 10 shown in theopened position un-collapsed.

FIG. 12 is a diagrammatic side view of the purse of FIG. 10 shown in afolded, close position.

FIG. 13 is a diagrammatic top view of the purse of FIG. 10 shown in thefolded, close position.

It is to be appreciated that the second half purse end wall 23 a, of thepurse 34 with inverted pocket, instead can be made the same way as FIG.1 and FIG. 2 has or FIG. 1A and FIG. 2A has so the second half of purse34 where the end wall and side walls can go higher.

In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in itsnon-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included,but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to anelement by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibilitythat more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearlyrequires that there be one and only one of the elements.

It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that modifications may bemade to the illustrated embodiment without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as hereinafter defined in the Claims.

1. A method of making a folding coin purse comprising the steps of:providing a layer of a pliable rectangular material having a first endperipheral edge, a second end peripheral edge, a first side peripheraledge and a second side peripheral edge; folding the first end peripheraledge over and securing the first end peripheral edge to the layer ofpliable rectangular material and leaving seams spaced from the firstside peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge to form a firstpocket; folding the second end peripheral edge over and securing thesecond end peripheral edge to the layer of pliable rectangular materialand leaving seams spaced from the first side peripheral edge and thesecond side peripheral edge, to form a second pocket; turning the firstpocket and the second pocket inside out, thereby forming a body with afirst inside out pocket, a second inside out pocket and two peripheralside walls biased into an upstanding position by the turning of thefirst pocket and the second pocket inside out, the peripheral side wallsframing an access opening between the first inverted pocket and thesecond inverted pocket, and a size of the side walls being determined bythe width of the pocket seams; and folding a second half of the bodyover a first half of the body along a fold line to close the accessopening.
 2. The method as defined in claim 1, the first pocket having aviewing window covered by a substrate that confines coins within thefirst pocket while enabling the contents of the first pocket to beviewed.
 3. The method as defined in claim 1, having stiffeners attachedto the peripheral side walls on the second half of the body whichprovide leverage to hold coins better when the purse is closed.
 4. Themethod as defined in claim 1, including a further step of attaching afirst fastener to the first half of the body and a second fastener tothe second half of the body, whereby the first fastener and the secondfastener engage to maintain the body in a folded condition.
 5. Themethod as defined in claim 1, including a further step of securing a “T”shaped stiffener to the body to make the body more rigid, a stem of the“T” shaped stiffener being secured to the bottom of the purse, with atop of the “T” shaped stiffener placed to end of the end wall.
 6. Themethod as defined in claim 1, including a further step of securing anelastic material between end walls of the body, such that a keypositioned between the elastic material and the body is held in positionby the elastic properties of the elastic material.
 7. The method asdefined in claim 1, including securing with one of sewing, clamping,stitching, gluing, taping riveting, heat sealing or stapling.
 8. Themethod as defined in claim 1, the first pocket being made larger thanthe second pocket, a transparent covering substrate being placed acrossa portion of the access opening, so that coins are visible within thefirst pocket after the first and the second pockets are inverted and thesecond half purse can be made instead as the second method purse has onthe second half.
 9. A folding coin purse comprising: by a first method abody made from a layer of pliable rectangular material having a firstend peripheral edge, a second end peripheral edge, a first sideperipheral edge and a second side peripheral edge, the first endperipheral edge being folded over and secured to the layer of pliablerectangular material with leaving seams spaced from the first sideperipheral edge and the second side peripheral edge to form a firstpocket, the second end peripheral edge being folded over and secured tolayer of pliable rectangular material with leaving seams spaced from thefirst side peripheral edge and the second side peripheral edge, to forma second pocket; the first pocket and the second pocket being turnedinside out to form the two peripheral side walls biased into anupstanding position by the turning of the first pocket and the secondpocket inside out, the peripheral side walls framing an access openingbetween the first inverted pocket and the second inverted pocket, thesize of the peripheral side walls being determined by the width of thepocket seams; and a second half of the body being folded over a firsthalf of the body along a fold line to close the access opening.
 10. Amethod of making a folding coin purse, the method comprising the stepsof: providing a layer of pliable rectangular material having a first endperipheral edge, a second end peripheral edge, a first side peripheraledge and a second side peripheral edge; curling over each of the firstend peripheral edge, the second end peripheral edge, the first sideperipheral edge, the second side peripheral edge and securing the firstend peripheral edge to both of the first side peripheral edge and thesecond side peripheral edge and securing the second end peripheral edgeto both of the first side peripheral edge and the second side peripheraledge, thereby forming a body with two peripheral side walls and twoperipheral end walls which frames an access opening; and folding asecond half of the body over a first half of the body along a fold lineto close the access opening.
 11. The method as defined in claim 10,including a step of securing a coin confining panel across theperipheral side walls to form a pocket on the first half of the body,the coin confining panel being one of mesh or transparent plastic sothat coins can be viewed through the coin confining panel.
 12. Themethod as defined in claim 10, having stiffeners attached to theperipheral side walls on the second half of the body which provideleverage to assist to hold coins when the purse is closed.
 13. Themethod as defined in claim 10, including a further step of attaching afirst fastener to the first half of the body a second fastener to thesecond half of the body, whereby the first fastener and the secondfastener engage for maintaining the body in a folded state.
 14. Themethod as defined in claim 10, further comprising the step of securingby one of clamping, sewing, stitching, glueing, taping, riveting, heatsealing and stapling.
 15. The method as defined in claim 10, including afurther step of having a U-shaped plastic insert with a transparentplastic underneath and hinged to the mid section of U-shape, or a moredurable piece material like upholstery or leather is used for hingingand is secured to the transparent material to the mid section of U-shapeso that when transparent plastic is moved up between the U-shaped sides,the transparent plastic opens access to facilitate taking coins from thecoin panel when the U-shaped insert is secured to the first half purse.16. The method as defined in claim 10, including a further step ofsecuring the end wall to side walls by sewing through the walls of thepurse or through the purse sides near the corners.
 17. The method asdefined in claims 10, includes the first half purse made by first methodor second method, and second half purse made by either first method orsecond method.
 18. The method as defined in claim 10, including afurther step by having the second half purse walls stay up higher byhaving two plastic stiffeners secured in the second end wall, when thesestiffeners are moved upward the lower stiffener moves the side walls upwhere there is a notch in the side wall stiffener if needed in hotclimates so that the end wall stiffener stays put at the notch alsoholding the side walls upright, when the top end wall stiffener is moveddown it pushes the lower stiffener off the notch and the purse walls godown flat without warping because the side walls slide out and inbetween the two end wall plastic stiffeners, and the plastic stiffenerwith two curved corners secured to the purse bottom keeps the pursecorners curved and it also holds some coins under it so the rest of thecoins push on the second end wall higher so as to stay higher and avoidhaving a notch on the side wall stiffener, a thread is secured from sidewall to end wall so end wall does not go over upright to far. Anotherway it to have the stiffener with curved corners be over half as highthen the stiffener with cut out corners, both stiffeners are securedthrough purse mid at second end of purse, this makes the end wall morerigid and it stays upright with coins pushing on it.
 19. The method asdefined in claim 10, when the purse second end wall is over the sidewalls and are secured together through the walls, then only one plasticstiffener with curved upward corners is used in the second end wall tokeep the end wall corners curved so that the corners do not catch on aclothing pocket when the purse is closed, the stiffener can be curvedoutward and secured in the end wall to get at coins easier, the sidewall stiffener ends are angled and end wall stiffener is always overthem so that when the end wall stiffener pushes down on them, the sidewall stiffeners will curve inward and lie down flat with the side wallsto close the purse.
 20. The method as defined in claim 10, when secondend wall is over side walls and they are secured together by sewingthrough the purse spaced some from the corners, the end wall has onespringy plastic stiffener with curved corners to keep the purse cornerscurved so as not to catch on a clothing pocket, the side walls are cutsome so that they can go upright which is controlled by the width of endwall stiffener, the end wall stiffener is curved upward to hold coinsbefore closing the purse, the second end of the purse is moved downwardso the side walls initially collapse and then the end wall is presseddownward, over the sidewalls, to close the purse endwise.
 21. The methodas defined in claim 10, the second end wall when made by the invertedpocket method, has a springy plastic stiffener with curved upwardcorners being to the width of second end wall to keep purse cornerscurved to avoid catching on a clothing pocket, and with its curvedoutward stiffener in the end wall it holds the coins and puts the sidewalls with stiffeners down flat for closing purse, also when the top endof the end wall is sewn to purse body being narrower than the width ofthe purse body is, the end wall sides do not catch on the clothingpocket.